LAD #37

LAD #37 Brown vs. Board of Education:
             
We are fortunate enough to live in a time of racial equality and acceptance. But once upon a time back in the 1950's things weren't at all are they like today. There was segregation everywhere. Including all the public schools. This was a time where the civil rights movement was continuing to blossom and grow throughout the nation. At the same time, there was a lot of resentment towards integration in the 'solid south' and other areas of America. Little miss Linda Brown protested because she wanted to go to the white school that was closer by. She was supported by the NAACP and won the case. This was a huge success because it proved that things were really beginning to change for the civil rights movement in America. Unrestricted freedom was now a goal possible to achieve.

LAD #36

LAD #36: Truman Doctrine
        The Truman Doctrine was created during the Cold War in attempts to stop the spread of communism. The U.S. was fine with keeping communism where is was, as long as it didn't go anywhere else. The U.S. offered to give a tremendous amount of money to Turkey and Greece so that they wouldn't fall to this form of government. It has been proved that communism rises from poverty and desperation. Both countries were not doing well and were surrounded by communist countries. The hope was that if we stopped these countries from being poor, they would not fall. This was proved to be very successful and later in the Cold War, Turkey, as sign of thanks allowed us to build missiles on their land.

LAD #35

LAD #35: FDR's Executive Order #9066
       Pearl Harbor caused panic throughout the nation in more way then one. The people of America were really shook up and worried constantly about another attack. This brought with it a lot of angst and racial tensions between the American people and Japanese immigrants or even Japanese Americans. Due to all this tension and horrible fear, the Executive Order #9066 was put into order. This was a terrible act, making it legal for Americans to collect and place all the Japanese in one specific place so that they could be watched. Even innocent civilians were taken from their homes and placed elsewhere. The act called for respect as well.

LAD #34

LAD #34: FDR's Declaration of War

        December 1941. Pearl Habor. The single event that brought panic and havic to the people of the United States. It was the straw to break the camels back as they say, and Roosevelt has finally had enough. So many innocent souls died in the attack and it was time to stand up for them and many others. Joining the war was going to single handedly get them out of the depression. Bring them out of this slump and introduce the industries to new products and fuel jobs and bring more money into circulation. During Roosevelts speech he addressed the key specifics to the event making sure that the people knew why they were going to war after all this time of burying their heads in the sand. He talked about Japans other horrible actions to other countries, to also let the people know that we were in this for ourselves and others as well. He was going to ensure American safety and claim victory for this beloved country.

LAD #33

                                                                                     LAD #33 - FDR's First Inaugural Address
             Towards the end of President Hoovers term the economy had taken an unfortunate turn for the worse and the public wanted to ensure a change in office that could better improve their condition. They looked no further then Roosevelt! He was a strong choice and during his address he attempted to calm the nation and inform them that he will do his very best to turn things around. His most famous quote is 'the only thing to fear is fear itself'! This truly demonstrated the kind of person he really was. He wasn't a forgotten presidents, he promised a strong government for strong people. He said this hard time in America would only make us stronger and help us to grow. Essentially he wanted to make sure something like this never happened again.

LAD #32

LAD #32 - Kellogg Briand Pact
         Otherwise known as the Kellogg Peace Pact was signed between the U.S. and 62 other countries. It was designed so that the countries coundn't use war at means of negociation. It was signed on August 27 1928 and was a very big deal. It was also designed to help fuel economies and bring other countries together. It was a very idealistic and basically a hope for peace throughout the world. The U.S. helped enforce the treaty and make sure it was kept in play.

LAD #31

LAD #31: Wilson's Fourteen Points

         Following the end of the World War in 1918, the leaders of Europe and the U.S. met without Germany to discuss war terms. Many of the European countries were very bitter and they wanted nothing but revenge for what Germany did to them and their countries. Wilson on the other hand looked back on American history and knew the harsh effects of beating down too hard. The south was still bitter for the way they were treated during reconstruction and he didn't want that to happen here too. He suggested fourteen points that he considered very reasonable and necessary. Things like freedom of seas, and no economic boundaries. It ended with the creation of a peace keeping organization in which all the countries would join and meet in order to keep problems at bay. Unfortunitely the countries being bitter as they were, through out all but the last point and developed the fluffy idealistic League of Nations, which was really no match for the issues that Europe still possessed. The U.S. was very upset with this and never signed the treaty. Surprisingly the U.S never joined the League as well.